Hessians Motorcycle Club

The Hessians Motorcycle Club or Hessians MC are an American outlaw motorcycle club.[1][2] Like many one-percenter MCs, they prefer to ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.[3]

Hessians MC
Founded1968
FounderThomas F. Maniscalco
Founding locationNewport Beach, Costa Mesa, California
Years active1968-present
TerritorySouthern California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma and Oregon.
MembershipAn estimated 60 members (as of 1994)[4]
Leader(s)
  • Danny Lynn “Tombstone” Qualls
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, murder, rape, robbery and intimidation
Allies

History

The Hessians Motorcycle Club was founded on March 7, 1968, in Southern California.[5] The club would soon expand across the nation's western seaboard and in 1972, they claimed to have around 500 members across the United States.[6]

The club's logo features a sabre-pierced skull over an Iron Cross.[7]

Criminal allegations and incidents

In 1994, eight members of the Hessians MC were arrested on drug and weapons charges following a series of raids in California that were conducted by federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies. The crackdown stemmed from an 8-month investigation into the club, in which ATF agents infiltrated the group's 20-member mother chapter.[8]

References
  1. "Motorcycle Clubs - Texas Gang Investigators Association".
  2. "Photographs : Hessians Motorcycle Club on Between the Covers".
  3. "Biker Wars: The Many Allies and Enemies of the Hells Angels". 21 December 2020.
  4. "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
  5. "Hessians Motorcycle Club".
  6. "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
  7. The One Percenter Encyclopedia: The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite. Motorbooks. 3 April 2018. ISBN 9780760360552.
  8. "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
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